Tuesday briefs

The “nonviolent” intifada, now with Grad rockets! A rocket landed on the outskirts of Ashkelon. Good to know that Mahmoud Abbas is heeding Netanyahu’s calls to calm his people down. Because the rocket was launched by Fatah’s al-Aqsa Martyr’s Brigade. You know, part of that oh-so-convenient terrorist military wing.

Really, Hollywood? Really? So they hired Seth McFarlane to host the Oscars. The man’s shows are all filled with tasteless, obscene, sexist and racist jokes. He made tasteless, obscene, sexist, and racist jokes as the Oscar host. And nobody expected this would happen? For the record, I laughed at most of them, including–yes, really–the routine with Ted and the Hollywood jokes. Were they offensive? Yep. Were they funny? Yep.

The Catmage Chronicles

It's been hundreds of years since the Darkness last surfaced, a grim time when both humans and Catmages lost their lives. But now the Wild Ones work with humans again, and thirteen-year-old Andy Cohen gets the surprise of his life when a talking cat shows up in his front yard. Goldeneyes, a powerful Catmage, needs Andy’s help. In the exciting first installment of this new series, Meryl Yourish takes the reader into a world of magical cats, dark powers, and a boy who finds himself entangled in their war.